One week after school began, Anna, an ESL (English as a Second Language) student, moved into the high-income neighborhood surrounding the school. A young girl from South America became Ms. Johnson's new student. The Spanish speaking girl, Anna, was hearing the English language for the first time in Ms. Johnson's seventh grade science classroom. The office secretary told Ms. Johnson that Anna had been attending public school for five years before leaving South America. Additionally, Ms. Johnson learned that Anna and her family only speak Spanish in their home. Ms. Johnson fears that her collective experiences teaching seventh grade for all of those years would not compare in complexity to her new circumstances.
Adapted from Loper, T. (n.d.) Utah Students at Risk, Online Staff Development Academy, General Curricula, ESL, ESL Case Studies, Case Study 1 (Mrs. Steward). Retrieved June 21, 2008 from http://departments.weber.edu/teachall/eslCases/eslcss.html
One week after school began, Anna, an ESL (English as a Second Language) student, moved into the high-income neighborhood surrounding the school. A young girl from South America became Ms. Johnson's new student. The Spanish speaking girl, Anna, was hearing the English language for the first time in Ms. Johnson's seventh grade science classroom. The office secretary told Ms. Johnson that Anna had been attending public school for five years before leaving South America. Additionally, Ms. Johnson learned that Anna and her family only speak Spanish in their home. Ms. Johnson fears that her collective experiences teaching seventh grade for all of those years would not compare in complexity to her new circumstances.
Adapted from Loper, T. (n.d.) Utah Students at Risk, Online Staff Development Academy, General Curricula, ESL, ESL Case Studies, Case Study 1 (Mrs. Steward). Retrieved June 21, 2008 from http://departments.weber.edu/teachall/eslCases/eslcss.html